Editing Piraeus (section)

=== Shipping today ===
After the post-[[2008 financial crisis]] collapse of global shipping, the port was gradually acquired by China Ocean Shipping Company ([[COSCO]]), which is a [[State-owned enterprises of China|Chinese state-owned enterprise]].<ref name=":Curtis&Klaus">{{Cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Simon |title=The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China's Search for a New International Order |last2=Klaus |first2=Ian |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=9780300266900 |location=New Haven and London |publication-date=2024}}</ref>{{Rp|page=68}} Under COSCO, Piraeus has become a busy port, rising from traffic of 400,000 containers in 2008 to nearly five million containers in 2018.<ref name=":Curtis&Klaus" />{{Rp|page=68}} Most European trade with China occurs via Greek ships, including through Piraeus.<ref name=":Curtis&Klaus" />{{Rp|page=68}}

With an annual number of 8,1 million passengers by 2015, Piraeus also became the EU's sixth-largest port in terms of passenger transportation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Top_20_passenger_ports_in_2015_-_on_the_basis_of_number_of_passengers_embarked_and_disembarked_(in_1000).png | title=Top 20 passenger ports in 2015 - on the basis of number of passengers embarked and disembarked (In 1000)|website=ec.europa.eu }}</ref> The central port serves ferry routes to almost every island in the eastern portion of Greece, the island of [[Crete]], the [[Cyclades]], the [[Dodecanese]], and much of the northern and the eastern [[Aegean Sea]], while the western part of the port is used for cargo services. The following operators serve the port:
* [[Minoan Lines]]
* [[ANEK Lines]]
* [[Blue Star Ferries]]
* [[Hellenic Seaways]]
* [[Celestyal Cruises]]
* [[Monarch Classic Cruises]]